CHRISTMAS
John di Martino (piano), Boris Kozlov (bass), Reinhardt Winkler (drums), Aaron Heick (sax, clarinet), Geri Schuller (piano, hammond B3), Beate Wiesinger (bass), Terry Myers (tenor sax), Heinz Steinbauer (diatonic acc), Lukas Ganster (dulcimer), Dominik Fuss (trumpet), Florian Fuss (sax), Stefanie Sommerhofer, Melanie Unger, Katrin Kanya (background vocals), Philipp Kopmajer (vocals) Tini Kainrath (background vocals)
Recorded at Teaneck Studio & Studio USA, Soundzimmer Graz, Geri Schüler, Vienna
Mixed & Mastered by Franz Sommer
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HOANZL Vertrieb
Bestellannahmen
Tel.: 01/588 93 – 11
1) Santa Baby
2) Jingle Bells
3) Leise rieselt der Schnee featuring The Schick Sisters
4) Baby, It´s Cold Outside featuring Viktor Gernot
5) Christmas Time Is Here
6) The Most Wonderful Time – featuring Anna Catharina
7) Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
8) Es wird scho glei dumpa - featuring Ina Regen
9) Driving Home for Christmas
10) The Christmas Song featuring Allan Harris
11) Feliz Navidad
12) My Grown-Up Christmas List
13) White Christmas
14) Oh Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf featuring Willi Resetarits
15) Is finsta draußt
16) Silent Night / Stille Nacht
“She has a wonderful and warm voice, and now applies her talent to holiday material on her new album, Christmas. One thing I love about this album is that she includes some Austrian songs here in addition to the usual fare, and those tracks help make this album something truly special.”
Michael Doherty, USA 2020
“Simone knows how to grasp the magic of Christmas and this CD is to die for.”
““I can guarantee you that you’ve never heard a more unique version of “Stille Nacht – Silent Night“, than Simone and her players have put together for you.
I give Simone and all her players a MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED rating!” ”
Single: Baby It´s Cold Outside - feat. Viktor Gernot
The Most Wonderful Time
The stunning vocalist Simone Kopmajer returns with 16 holidays songs, 4 of which are European traditionals, and she’s in fine company with an international cast that includes Terry Myers, Aaron Heick, and Allan Harris, among many others.
Kopmajer starts the album with an elegant and very romantic version of “Santa Baby”, where sparkling keys leave an indelible mark, and she follows this up with the shuffling pace of the frisky and fun “Jingle Bells”, as well as “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”, where Viktor Gernot lends his expressive, deep pipes on the playful duet.
In the middle, “Have Yourself A Very Little Christmas” benefits from a soothing, lounge delivery, while “Es Wird Scho Glei Dumpa” recruits accordion, dulcimer and Ina Regen’s contributions on the cultured album highlight. “Feliz Navidad”, another stand out tune, puts a gorgeous and melodic spin on the festive standard.
Closer to the end, “White Christmas” offers a trumpet solo amid the light, agile musicianship, and “Silent Night/ Stille Nacht” finishes the affair with an emotive and stirring exit of radiant beauty.
A flawless Christmas album of songs we’ve all grown up with, and some that will probably be new to our ears, Kopmajer reworks them all with jazz and folk sensibilities that help make this essential listening for the holiday season.
- Tom Haugen, USA